After the dinner, Caster transformed a reception room. The huge magic power and the vague aura of the root made the magician present more convinced that she could realize her wish. But the only problem now is that as a
The "Holy Grail" transformed by a heroic spirit, will she be selfish?
Emiya Kiritsugu, Irisviel, and Lin Hao all received more attention, consciously or unconsciously, when Illya created "Between a Wish".
"Everyone, come in together~" After the magic fluctuations subsided, the voice of the girl's heroic spirit came from the house: "This is so that we can coordinate in time when there are conflicts between each other's wishes. You don't have to worry about crowding. You will be diverted to different mirrors.
"
Although I didn't understand what she was talking about, I could probably understand it. The magician and the servants looked at each other, sorted their order slightly, and walked in together.
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Endless darkness, this was the first impression that Emiya Kiritsugu had when he walked into the room. Tokiomi Tokiomi, who was walking in front, and Irisviel who was walking side by side with him, even the door through which he entered disappeared, and all he could see was the room.
What remained was the small round table that had slightly dispelled the darkness and placed the Holy Grail that emitted a faint golden light, as well as Illya sitting opposite the round table, wearing a black sky dress.
"Magic killer, partner of justice." Illya did not treat him coldly like before, and even conjured a high-backed chair across the table out of thin air: "Sit down."
"...You should be very clear about my wish." His wife had just pointed out that he actually cared about this "daughter", but for the moment he didn't know how to react, so Emiya Kiritsugu sat down with his usual indifferent attitude.
said.
"I have wanted to say this for a long time, but my previous identity was not suitable," Illya stared at Kiritsugu with her bright red eyes: "Why do you think a [wishing machine] can think on its own?"
"...What do you mean?" Kiritsugu didn't react for a moment.
"The Holy Grail is not a magic lamp genie, a sealed devil or other similar things - that thing was killed by our fire before," Illya knocked on the small Holy Grail on the table: "Grandpa Patriarch should have told you
Its essence is to gather powerful magical power to communicate with the source, realize the Cup of the Third Heaven, and use that magic power to create a 'miracle' that ordinary magic cannot do."
Kiritsugu, who didn't feel anything was wrong, nodded in agreement.
"So you are going to say to that magic item that only works according to the set steps, 'I want to save the world, you can figure it out yourself'?" Illya picked up the Holy Grail on the table and shook it: "Let a cup think? That in itself
It would take a miracle to make it happen."
"This..." Kiritsugu finally discovered the blind spot in his thinking. The "miracle" in his heart was not the same thing as the "miracle" in the magician's mouth. The latter probably refers to the wish of the remaining member of the Gosan family to "realize eternal life."
”.
"I didn't know why you destroyed the Holy Grail when it was within easy reach until I became the Holy Grail myself." Illya put the Holy Grail back on the table, and the rim of the cup immediately emitted light, forming a half-circle above it.
Transparent light curtain.
Destroying the Holy Grail? How is that possible? Before Kiritsugu had time to think about the "history she knew" revealed by Illya, his attention was attracted by the picture on the light screen.
[These are the only five hundred people left in the world, riding on two large ships of 300 and 200 people. As a result, the two ships ran aground and leaked at the same time. There was only time to repair one ship, and only you can master the repair.
Technology, so he was detained by the ship with 200 people and asked to repair it first...]
"..." Emiya Kiritsugu watched "himself" on the screen "killing the few and saving the many" again and again, and finally killed all five hundred people, leaving only Irisviel and Iri.
Yacai stopped.
"Look, if you don't have a practical way to save the world, and you are influenced by that evil god, you will end up like this." Ilia closed the screen: "I have to say that for the sake of my wife and daughter, I would not hesitate to kill everyone in the world.
Man, this kind of behavior is kind of cool."
"That's not right. Four hundred and ninety-eight people were sacrificed and only two survived. It should, it should..." Kiritsugu couldn't organize his thinking logic at the moment.
"Should mother and I be sacrificed?" Illya answered.
"Absolutely not!" Kiritsugu blurted out his rebuttal before he had time to think about it.
"——The answer is correct." Illya pushed the crown that almost fell off after being startled: "If you don't have such an empty wish of 'saving the world', but eliminate all wars and bloodshed, I would be happy here.
There is a reference.”
The Holy Grail once again projected a light curtain, and it was still the two ships, but this time, they successfully docked at a simple pier.
[We are the sea evacuation ship No. 1o5.] [Welcome to the 6th place shelter No. 111]
After the two lines of subtitles appeared, the "camera" also zoomed out.
In the wasteland of nuclear war, the land of steel, humans are no longer the masters of the earth. Hundreds of species of Yali, mutated monsters, and alien demi-humans are constantly fighting for the living space. Human beings in the cracks have to completely unite in order to survive everywhere.
To survive in a crisis world, there is absolutely no spare energy for internal fighting - that kind of thing means the destruction of a refuge settlement.
"This..." Kiritsugu pondered in silence. Although there is no longer war and bloodshed among humans, they have also lost their dominance over the earth and have to work hard for survival every day. Does this count as saving the world?
"When I led them as the 'King of the End', there were already some signs of internal strife, but they were suppressed." When the screen showed a girl wearing a heavenly dress being summoned, Illya said
He closed it with a snap: "If there is not enough pressure, human beings will always fight each other for various reasons. So, which of these two methods are you going to choose? However, you will definitely not agree to provoking a nuclear war now, so
Just attract the aliens."
"Choose neither," Kiritsugu shook his head: "I want to continue to save the world in my own way, so my wish is to have the most powerful fighting force in the world."
"Did you really find it? In the first method, you just need to prevent the two ships from inexplicably hitting the rocks and leaking water." Illya smiled slightly: "Then, as you wish."
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"I think you should know that the Tosaka family's long-cherished wish is to reach the source, and this has never changed."
Tokiomi Tosaka sat across the round table, slowly tasting a glass of red wine.
"Now that the Holy Grail has appeared, communicating with the source is naturally not a problem, but once you reach the source, you will completely cut off contact with the present world," Illya looked at him: "Aren't you going to make arrangements for your wife, daughter and disciples?"
"Cut off contact completely?" Tokiomi Tosaka raised the corners of his mouth, put the red wine in his hand back on the table, and looked straight at Illya until she turned away uncomfortably.
"I have studied the records of many people who are suspected of reaching the source," Tokiomi folded his hands on the table and said slowly: "Most of them encountered accidents and their bodies were wiped out, but it can still be judged that some people were in those accidents.
We have actually reached the root cause, do you know what I base my judgment on?"
Illya pursed her lips and shook her head.
"If you want to understand a person, you can look at his friends, and if you want to truly understand a person, look at his enemies." Tokiomi Tosaka began to say some philosophical words in order to make up for his stupid behavior during his time as a Jewel Knight.
: "After those people disappeared, their relatives and friends benefited at an incredible speed and frequency, while their enemies suffered misfortunes at an equally incredible speed. What's even more incredible is that during this period, no one had any doubts about it, and then, somewhere
At that point in time, luck and misfortune came to an abrupt end at the same time.”
Illya looked up at the sky.
"Based on this, it can be concluded that mortals will quickly lose themselves and be assimilated after reaching the source, but before assimilation, there is still time to use the power of the source to influence the things they want to influence in a way that cannot detect the wrongness - such as
There were many incidents in this Holy Grail War that were inexplicably biased towards your intention of 'keeping all the Masters alive'." Tokiomi Tosaka finished confidently and began to wait for Illya's response.
"Okay, okay," Illya rolled her eyes at Tokiomi: "Alayaji wants to keep all of you alive. Actually, I just want to save my parents and Kuu Maiya."
This is better than expected. It proves that she is not useless to the root. Moreover, after she transformed into the "Gem Knight", she subconsciously relaxed her vigilance towards herself. This is also one of the reasons. Although she has a young mind, her memory and
Knowledge is shared.
"I have already judged it through the 'review' just now," Tokiomi maintained a confident attitude: "So, the original Saber should be the real King Arthur, with a noble kingly demeanor and strong personal charm, but because of this, he and Wei Wei
Miyagiri Tsugumi's acting style was inconsistent, which ultimately led to the failure of that battle."
Illya was stunned, her eyes even blank for a moment, as if she was discussing something with someone.
"So, don't throw me into the root of nothing, and show me the way back," Tokiomi continued to say according to his own words: "Please introduce me to the 'Alaya Consciousness', I hope
Can talk to Him."
"In that case, you really can't come back, are you sure?" Illya stared at Tokiomi with bright ruby eyes.
"The Tosaka family's long-cherished wish is to reach the source," Tokiomi raised his lips: "But what to do after arriving is up to you."
"Okay, as you wish..." Illya seemed to be very dissatisfied as she held the Holy Grail: "I hope you won't regret it."
The Holy Grail emitted a dazzling golden light, completely dispelling the surrounding darkness. Illya and the table in front of her also disappeared at the same time. The next moment, Tokiomi found himself floating at a very high position above Fuyuki, with a surrounding upward structure in front of him.
Transparent stairs.
Tokiomi stepped on the stairs and looked up. This spiral staircase seemed endless. The final location it led to was a huge and crystal-clear translucent ring that appeared in the blue sky.
Faintly, Illya's small complaints can still be heard——
"What happened when the promise was made at the critical moment?" "You are worthy of being blamed for this world." "It's all Tokiomi's fault."
